Category Archives: Dr. Bill

I don’t get this. He doesn’t really say anything and his pronoun references are completely vague. It looks like someone in the GOP lower levels is trying to push the NJ gov for prez. What about Rick Perry!!!!1!!1!1!

Related: Pasty white boy gets ruffed up by 68 year old. The same people showing there “balls” about a cop punching a 19 year old black girl get misty-eyed and cry Assault!!!! Assault!!!!! when it’s one of their own. These people are insufferable.

Lastly, I am SICK of pasty white people telling African Americans that this that or the other is their problem. As I have said again and again, why can’t all of the pasty white concern trolls take a look at their own poor white folks and fix that? Michael Berry and Bill Bennett need to quit acting like they’re black and get with taking care of all of the poor whites. Wouldn’t that be novel?

Pasty white guy wants drug testing. Who is going to pay for that? Does the Utah Senator have some interest in a drug testing kit company? Does the Utah Senator have a problem with people who are down on their luck? I’d like to see him submit to a drug test on the teevee first. Dick.

Lastly, I’m about ready to build a Mexico City style wall around my damn house. Someone put the nicely bundled vegetation I had ready to go for next month’s green pick up by the city in my recycle cart, destroying the very expensive new freaking green yard waste bag I had ready in the process. Whoever it was left my recycle cart in the middle of the driveway, too. Oh, and whoever it was, cut up my Lantana, too.

First off, I woke up to Mike Gallagher going on about political correctness — like that is new. He wants to screen every person with a Muslim name who wants to get on a plane. I find it odd that there isn’t more outrage about how the guy got on the plane in Africa or Europe. Do the TSA have people in Amsterdam? Another disappointment is that Janet Napolitano felt that she had to answer the screamers.

(Obvious parenthetical — the city was supposed to start requiring biodegradable bags for yard waste, but the new bags are not available widely enough yet. I was able to get all but one bag out for the latest pickup. I will switch to the other bags, but having ordered my composter, I may only need to purchase one package.)

Back to the would be bomber — given that I went on an international flight less than a month after 9/11, I’m not one of the people who gets worked up about this. It’s always been the case that traveling by car is much more dangerous and wouldn’t it be novel for the American public and our officials (in that order) figure that out? The solution to the current issue would be for international airports to wonder and stop someone who doesn’t live in the U.S. buying a one way ticket here. But that’s not what the criticism is about. It will be conflated to 9/11 and be very afraid to fly and everyone will lose some of their freedoms — or not.

Part of me wonders how families and people in general endured continental flights before there were laptops, cell phones, DS’s etc. How did they survive it? And to get back to Mike Gallagher, he pointed to how the Israeli airline deters terrorists: they basically profile Palestinians. As he claims, no one complains. That would make sense. Palestinians live in world where they are suspected no matter what. They are made to wait and wait, often in the sun, just to get to their jobs. Yes, let’s be just like Israel, where you have to be a Jew to get anywhere in a reasonable amount of time.

I know, Gallagher is just looking to get blog hits at this point. For the last week his sub has admitted as much. He is promoting a link on his blog that gives an 800 number to D.C. Either one of them could have given the number on the air, but no. You must go to the website — oh and sign yet another petition. About Health Insurance Reform. The first one, delivered via ambulance, didn’t work, and so you must do it again.

The same station delivered a ridiculous “best of” Bill Bennett this morning. Why should we let these people be in charge again? It also advertises the USJF — no, not the Judo thing, but the wingnutty thing that supports not only the birthers, but seems to be run by a Dickensian named KREEP, and wants to erect a monument to Saint Ronnnie in Berlin.

I’ve run out of steam. I’ve tried to be humorous. I’ll add links tomorrow.

I had wanted to take picks of what I have been doing, the process, but I didn’t. If there is no rain in the morning, I will capture the work in progress.

And speaking of progress, and the end of the year, I, for one, think our President and Vice President are doing a very good job. I’m relieved that they are the ones in charge. I’m also extremely happy about our Mayor. Except for the governorship, I’ve got the representation that I have always wanted.

He reminded me again (as if I needed it) of exactly why I voted for him. He was logical, methodical and hit just the right tone — he’s no believer in “American Exceptionalism” but he also is no apologist as others have tried to portray him. We must finish what we started, back in the day when virtually everyone — and everyone I knew at the time — was with us. He’s laid the groundwork through his travels, meetings and speeches since taking office. He’s got not only the support of, but also praise from his lead commander in the region. And despite McCain being on two networks right afterwards acting cranky and old, (along with Bob Schieffer of CBS — gah the man is obnoxious; I don’t care how long he has been around), I think President Obama will be more persuasive.

This morning I was listening to Bill Bennett, and one of his callers related a story about his son being at Westpoint in 1996 or 1997 when Bill Clinton gave a speech. The caller suggested that Clinton had already by that time disgraced the office . . . perhaps his memory is . . . spotty . . . but he claimed that the cadets would be polite for President Obama (no big surprise there) just like they were for Clinton, but he also claimed that after they had shaken hands with Clinton, they had a ceremony to “cleanse” their hands. The caller suggested the same would happen with President Obama. I’m doubtful. Those I saw on teevee thrusting their hands forward through the thick of their classmates didn’t seem to be faking it. They all seemed enthusiastic. Many of them also asked to pose for pics with the president. I’d like to follow up on this with Bennett tomorrow, but since I have a job, I’m not able to spend three hours on hold while Bennett belches and mumbles.

On the very long way home from work (don’t ask) I listened to a completely incoherent Michael Berry. He is struggling with his position on Afghanistan — dipping into anti-war arguments, but clumsily. (I’m doing this from memory — during a very terrible drive home, so forgive me if I don’t get it exactly right.) He disparaged both the Afghans and the Pakistanis. They live in caves. They are backwards. Osama Bin Laden can only connect with people in old fashioned ways because there are no cell towers where he is. They are an arbitrary conglomeration and not a nation (neither one).

Then he switched over to hyper- conservative and agreed that going to war for oil is good. You know, because WE NEED IT. So it’s ok. I didn’t hear him make the same argument for poppy seeds, but he could have. He also proclaimed that he supports the troops! as much or more than anyone because he is a good redneck. Unfortunately, like all other chickhawks of all time, he never felt so strongly about it that he could serve. Maybe it was because he was fat. He does go on and on about that weight loss company that sounds a lot like AA for fatties (not that there is anything wrong with that).

But enough of giving time to small audience talk radio types for tonight.

I am proud of my president. While I did not advocate military action even in Afghanistan, even back in the day (I’ve always been for the law enforcement approach), President Obama inherited (and no, Michael Berry, you cannot redefine what “inherited” means, no matter how hard you try) this conflict, and from all I can tell he has made an informed and prudent decision. I support him. He made a difficult decision. He will follow through. He has the support of the his commanders.

Now it’s just up to us — all of us — to make sure that we — with this plan — can succeed.

That’s what this day was originally about. It wasn’t about veterans (our country already had a day for that — it is called Memorial Day). It was about peace, world peace, after the loss of life and destruction of the First World War. It is still observed in that same way in other countries that were involved.

I see no reason to have two days to do the same thing. I also think there is far too much made of all of it. War should not be glorified and those who have served since the draft was abolished do so at their own risk.

People who never served, like Bill Bennett, slobbering over themselves on a day like today is more than repulsive. If he cared so much he would have served. Instead, he was too smart to serve and got a deferment. He wasn’t married and didn’t have any children. My father wasn’t so lucky. He served and then was called back during the Cuban Missile Crisis. He missed my birth because he was called back.

It’s a point that has been made again and again: if you are so pro-war, then you had better have served. The problem is that for many in the military, like my father, war was the last thing they wanted. It is what they train for, but the hope is that it won’t happen.

Originally, today was supposed to be about peace. In some ways it still is — at least for me and for most of the world. With Iraq, Afghanistan, The Congo, and Burma, among other places with conflicts, there is a long way to go.

I listen to Bennett’s show on weekday mornings. Call me crazy, but I actually get some sort of pleasure from hearing poor bitter tired old culture warrior Bennett sigh and burp about President Obama. I also keep a tally of how many times he refers to himself and how many times he gets things wrong and his listeners correct him. It’s hilarious.

“I’m actually for Rio. In Rio, it’s beautiful women at the beach, and in Chicago, it’s fat people eating.”

Here’s Bennett. I hesitate to say this but Bennett is such a nasty man that I will. I can still see my feet when I stand up straight. Can flame-thrower Bennett find his dick to take a piss? It’s the same question I have for Rush Limbaugh.

I can’t play the video and I couldn’t find all of the awful things Bennett said about our president, but let’s just say Bennett is in the camp of having his “America,” which doesn’t include me — never has.

Yes, perv and fat man.

You go into some of these Republican conferences, and like a lot of political parties in decline, there have been no new ideas now for 25 years; nothing’s changed. And they’ve declined through the Clinton Administration, and the Bush Administration, and with each successive administration their leaders have said that somehow these ideas are gonna make the country better off and they have not. And so it’s not surprising then they get BITTER, they cling to guns or religion or antipathy to people who aren’t like them or anti-immigrant sentiment or anti-Obama sentiment as a way to explain their frustrations.

This morning, Bill Bennett had Harry Alford on his program. Refresher on who he is here.

After having played the clip of his response to Boxer, Bennett proceeded to ask Alford about his sons, and then broke out with the Michael Jackson displeasure. Why, Bennett asked, was there so much focus on the Jackson family instead of on Tiger Woods or Alford’s family.

Why didn’t Bennett complain about, I don’t know, the Spears family or those people who have eight kids that I see on the mags at the grocery store?

Alford didn’t respond like he did to Boxer. He didn’t respond at all.

Perhaps Bennett realized he had stepped in it. I don’t know. Why Alford didn’t go off on Bennett is unclear.

Bennett seems to have spent too much time in D.C. It’s much like my theory about Michael Berry. Both of them have fossilized ideas about the black community. Unfortunately, what they fossilized is a decades old image of African Americans. The election of Obama should have relieved them of those ideas, but it did not.

Bennett just used Alford much like Boxer did. Were I Alford, I would be just as pissed.